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Studia nad kultura wczesnopolskiego Opola : militaria - wybory bursztynowe
ISBN: 8304017288 Year: 1984 Publisher: Wrocław Zakład narodowy im. Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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What Bugged the Dinosaurs?
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ISBN: 1282531662 9786612531668 1400835690 9781400835690 9780691124315 0691124310 9781282531666 6612531665 Year: 2010 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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This book reveals that T. rex was not the only killer in the Cretaceous: insects--from biting sand flies to disease-causing parasites--dominated life on the planet and played a significant role in the life and death of the dinosaurs. Analyzing exotic insects fossilized in Cretaceous amber at three major deposits in Lebanon, Burma, and Canada, the authors reconstruct the complex ecology of a hostile prehistoric world inhabited by voracious swarms of insects. They draw upon tantalizing new evidence from their discoveries of disease-producing vertebrate pathogens in Cretaceous blood-sucking flies, as well as intestinal worms and protozoa found in fossilized dinosaur excrement, to provide a unique view of how insects infected with malaria, leishmania, and other pathogens, together with intestinal parasites, could have devastated dinosaur populations.--From publisher description.


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Insect evolution in an amberiferous and stone alphabet
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ISBN: 9004210717 9789004210714 9789004210707 9004210709 Year: 2013 Publisher: Leiden Boston

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Insects are the most diverse group of life on Earth and their history extends well into the Paleozoic, making them among the oldest of terrestrial animal lineages. They are critical to the well being of ecosystems from the equator to the poles, and are inexorably tied to the well being of our world. Whether beneficial or malignant, insects wield an overwhelming influence on our health, economy, and security. It is little wonder that insects so consistently appear in our cultures, religions, and mythologies. Given such realities, it is vital that we gain a better understanding and appreciation of Nature’s ‘inordinate fondness’. Indeed, there is considerable wisdom to be found in the study of these marvels of evolution, and what better way to understand their present and future than to peer back into their distant past. Here presented are some of the results of the 6th International Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber (FossilX3) held in Byblos, Lebanon in April, 2013. In the tradition of previous congresses, researchers from around the world gathered to discuss the latest developments and to build new co-operative endeavours. Recognizing that the future of our science is one of interdisciplinary collaboration, these meetings steadily grow in importance, and proceedings such as this reveal the latest hypotheses and conclusions, while inspiring others toward newer and greater goals.

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Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, AMBER Alert

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Bernstein im Althochdeutschen : mit Untersuchungen zum Glossar Rb
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ISBN: 3525203209 9783525203200 Year: 1984 Volume: 6 Publisher: Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht


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Die Bernsteinzimmer-Saga : Spurren, Irrwege, Rätsel
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ISBN: 3861530198 Year: 1991 Publisher: Berlin Links


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A la recherche de l'ambre baltique : l'expédition d'un chevalier romain sous Néron
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ISBN: 8300010521 Year: 1981 Publisher: Warszawa Wydawnictwa uniwersytetu Warszawskiego


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Northern gold
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ISBN: 1283334844 9786613334848 9004217355 9789004217355 9789004211186 9004211187 Year: 2011 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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This study presents a systematic analysis of the huge, and in most cases, completely new archaeological evidence for amber from Lithuania and the surrounding regions. A comprehensive synthesis of archaeological evidence and written sources provides an opportunity to develop new viewpoints about the sources of amber, extraction methods, amber-wearing traditions in different Aestii/Balt cultures and by people of different social status, ages and genders, and the amber trade in different markets in Lithuania and the whole eastern Baltic region. However, a tradition of amber usage in Lithuania was dependent not only on the ability of local communities to acquire “northern gold” but, to a larger degree, its use in the north was determined by cultural developments that took place in Europe.


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The ancient amber routes and the geographical discovery of the Eastern Baltic
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ISBN: 089005178X 9780890051788 Year: 1976 Publisher: Chicago (Ill.): Ares


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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
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ISBN: 160606634X 1606066358 Year: 2019 Publisher: Getty Publications

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"This catalogue provides a general introduction to amber in the ancient world followed by detailed catalogue entries for fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the J. Paul Getty Museum. The volume concludes with technical notes about scientific investigations of these objects and Baltic amber"--Provided by publisher.

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